Steve Stricker Wins in a Playoff

Steve Stricker forced a playoff with Tim Clark an Steve Marino. Stricker won by sinking a 4 footer to claim the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial. Congratulations!

Round 3 Update from Colonial

Tim Clark is your leader heading into the final round at Colonial with a score of -17. Steve Marino, Jason Day and Steve Stricker are all at -15. Vijay Singh is 4 swings back at 13 under. For all the highlights from the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial, click here.

Steve Stricker Leads Round 2 at Colonial

Steve Stricker finished his round today with a -7 giving him the lead at-14. Vijay Singh an Tim Clark (thru 17 holes) sit at -12 while Sean O’Hair is at-11 and Jason Day is at 10 under par.

NCAA golf Title – Won by a Canadian

 Canadian Matt Hill has won the NCAA golf title. Congratulations! It is quite a  remarkable accomplishment. It is a who’s who list that have won this tournament.

“Hill is the first North Carolina State player to win the individual championship. Past medallists include Tiger Woods (Stanford, 1996), Phil Mickelson (Arizona State in 1989, ’90 and ’92) and Jack Nicklaus (Ohio State, 1961).”

Here is hoping that he has the same pedigree.

Plastics Leaching BPA Found to be A “Problem” in Harvard Study

Chemical found in common plastics poses health threat to humans according to new Harvard Study.

“According to HSPH: “The study is the first to show that drinking from polycarbonate bottles increased the level of urinary BPA, and thus suggests that drinking containers made with BPA release the chemical into the liquid that people drink in sufficient amounts to increase the level of BPA excreted in human urine.”

Why is this dangerous?

“BPA, used in the manufacture of polycarbonate and other plastics, has been linked to cardiovascular disease and diabetes in humans and disrupted reproductive development in animals.” For more information on BPA, please click here.

It Pays to be Healthy

Many companies are compensating their employees to stay healthy.

“Nearly 6 in 10 (58%) now offer wellness programs, up from fewer than half (43%) in 2007. And the percentage of companies paying people to ditch bad habits (especially eating junk food and not exercising enough) has gone from 53% in 2008 to 61% this year.” 

To read more of this Time Magazine article, click here.

Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial- Round 1 update

Woody Austin and Tim Clark  share the clubhouse lead at -7. Kenny Perry and Vijay Singh are sitting at -6, while Sean O’Hair is at -5 for the day.

2009 Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial

Mat 28th update  from the Colonial.

Weight Training to Cut Cancer Risk

New research published in the journal Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention suggest that “men who regularly worked out with weights and had the highest muscle strength were between 30 and 40 per cent less likely to lose their life to a deadly tumour.”

Yet another reason to stay fit and strong. Click here to read the rest of the article.

70th Senior PGA Championship and the Winner is…

Michael Allen (-6) claimed his Alfred S. Bourne Trophy in his first start. This is something only one other man has managed to do…Arnold Palmer. Pretty good company I would say! Larry Mize finished at -4 while Bruce Fleischer fininshed at -3, Tom Watson was even and Chris Starkjohann was +1. Congrats to Michael Allen after a long 20 year wait.